After the Bourbon family fled from Naples to Sicily in 1806, and Lord William Bentinck, the British resident, had established a constitution and deprived Ferdinand of all power, Francis was appointed regent (1812).
It is a very old village; the very precise history is yet to be found out for this place but as per the common belief it was a sati-asthal earlier, but during Raja Ram Mohan Roy-led reforms and initiatives of Lord William Bentinck it was completely abolished.
Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839), British statesman and governor of India
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